Its most likely tracking the sable to acquire data on its ecology , range use, foraging ecology etc. I cant tell from the pic if the collor has a switch on the nase which would be pressed if the animal puts its head down, if it does then its most definately a foraging ecology study.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle

We were very lucky on our recent visit to KNP - and saw Sable for the first time in KNP! And we didn't just see them once - we were lucky enough to have two sightings on two different days at two different locations!

Our first sighting was at night - I think it was on the S36 just South of the turn-off to the S145 (8 Aug 2010)

The next sighting was the next day (9 Aug 2010) - it was actually a family of three - Male, female and youngster. We saw them on the S145 - in close proximity to the Mahlabyanini dam. Got one good shot:

Dear friends, I am just putting the Sable video on for those who did not see taken in September 2010. We saw this herd near Jones Dam, we actually saw 4 rhino drinking, and the next minute my hubby said forget about the rhino, check there. What a beautiful sighting it was, after not seeing them for years.

Staring to become like the late 80s early 90s when there was 2200 sable at one time in the park. Wonder whet the last count have been done Would be intresting to see what there numbers are know. Aslo reading the TR and have notice alot of people are seeing them these days

We saw this sable bull close to Jones dam on 28th November. He was injured and limped badly. RP mentioned to me they saw a injured bull in the vicinity some time ago. His post is a few pages ago. Could it be the same bull? That will be amazing!!!